To end all wars: A week on Iona 14-20 June
Helen Steven is a member of the Iona Community and Kinlochbervie & Stoer Meeting, North Scotland Area Meeting
‘Where on earth would you get such a mixture of rich experiences: roleplay, craft, graffiti, and worship in between?’
‘Unbearable, fun, constructive ideas of something to do.’
‘I never imagined I would be singing “Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag” at the top of my voice in the Chapter House of Iona Abbey.’
These are some of the comments made by people who took part in a programme held at the Iona Abbey and Macleod Centres in June on the theme ‘To End All Wars’. In my first attempt to describe this week I produced a fairly mundane day-by-day account of the programme. Then I realised that something much more profound and unexpected had happened.
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